How the Stanzas Fit Together is a free printable Grade 5 English worksheet on matching each part of a poem to the job it does in the whole, aligned to Common Core standard RL.5.5. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 20 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
How the Stanzas Fit Together
RL.5.5
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Write the letter of the match next to each one.
1.Write the letter of the job each part does in a poem.
A contrasting stanza
A refrain
A rhyming couplet
The final stanza
A.brings the poem's ideas to a close
B.repeats lines to tie the stanzas together
C.a pair of rhyming lines that sums up a point
D.shows the opposite of the stanza before it
2.Write the letter of the job each part does in a poem.
A rhyme scheme
A stanza break
A list stanza
The opening stanza
A.introduces the speaker and the scene
B.the pattern of rhymes that links the lines
C.piles up items to build a picture
D.a blank line that marks a shift in idea
LessonPrint · RL.5.5 · Set 20 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — How the Stanzas Fit Together
Set 20. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A contrasting stanza — D (shows the opposite of the stanza before it) 2. A refrain — B (repeats lines to tie the stanzas together) 3. A rhyming couplet — C (a pair of rhyming lines that sums up a point) 4. The final stanza — A (brings the poem's ideas to a close)
2.1. A rhyme scheme — B (the pattern of rhymes that links the lines) 2. A stanza break — D (a blank line that marks a shift in idea) 3. A list stanza — C (piles up items to build a picture) 4. The opening stanza — A (introduces the speaker and the scene)
More practice for RL.5.5
Explain how the chapters or stanzas fit together into a whole.
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